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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-21676

 

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

 

 

December 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

June 30, 2020

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (ETB)

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

Important Note. Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (funds.eatonvance.com/closed-end-fund-and-term-trust-documents.php), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. If you hold shares at the Fund’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”), you may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by contacting AST. If you own your shares through a financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank), you must contact your financial intermediary to sign up.

You may elect to receive all future Fund shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you hold shares at AST, you can inform AST that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by calling 1-866-439-6787. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you must contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this disclosure, if applicable, to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with AST or to all funds held through your financial intermediary, as applicable.

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The investment adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to its management of the Fund. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser and Parametric, sub-adviser to the Fund, are registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators. The adviser and Parametric are also registered as commodity trading advisors.

Managed Distribution Plan. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (Order), the Fund is authorized to distribute long-term capital gains to shareholders more frequently than once per year. Pursuant to the Order, the Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a Managed Distribution Plan (MDP) pursuant to which the Fund makes monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share.

The Fund currently distributes monthly cash distributions equal to $0.1080 per share in accordance with the MDP. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of these distributions or from the terms of the MDP. The MDP will be subject to regular periodic review by the Fund’s Board of Trustees and the Board may amend or terminate the MDP at any time without prior notice to Fund shareholders. However, at this time there are no reasonably foreseeable circumstances that might cause the termination of the MDP.

The Fund may distribute more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains and, therefore, a distribution may include a return of capital. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income.” With each distribution, the Fund will issue a notice to shareholders and a press release containing information about the amount and sources of the distribution and other related information. The amounts and sources of distributions contained in the notice and press release are only estimates and are not provided for tax purposes. The amounts and sources of the Fund’s distributions for tax purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV for each calendar year.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.


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Semiannual Report June 30, 2020

Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

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Performance

     2  

Fund Profile

     2  

Fund Snapshot

     3  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     4  

Financial Statements

     5  

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

     18  

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     19  

Officers and Trustees

     23  

Important Notices

     24  


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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Performance1

 

Portfolio Managers Michael A. Allison, CFA of Eaton Vance Management and Thomas C. Seto of Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Inception Date      Six Months     One Year      Five Years      Ten Years  

Fund at NAV

     04/29/2005        –8.54     –1.53      4.71      8.99

Fund at Market Price

            –10.81       –2.46        6.56        8.28  

 

S&P 500® Index

            –3.08     7.51      10.72      13.98

Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite IndexSM

            –15.11       –10.94        2.81        6.33  
% Premium/Discount to NAV2                                       
                4.81
Distributions3                                       

Total Distributions per share for the period

              $ 0.648  

Distribution Rate at NAV

                9.74

Distribution Rate at Market Price

                9.30

Fund Profile

 

Sector Allocation (% of total investments)4

 

 

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Top 10 Holdings (% of total investments)4

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

     6.8

Apple, Inc.

     6.6  

Amazon.com, Inc.

     4.1  

Facebook, Inc., Class A

     2.1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

     2.0  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

     2.0  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1.8  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     1.8  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1.7  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

     1.7  

Total

     30.6
 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated net of management fees and other expenses by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Performance at market price will differ from performance at NAV due to variations in the Fund’s market price versus NAV, which may reflect factors such as fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, changes in Fund distributions, shifting market expectations for the Fund’s future returns and distribution rates, and other considerations affecting the trading prices of closed-end funds. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Fund Snapshot

 

 

Objective

   The primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Strategy

   The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks and writes call options on one or more U.S. indices on a substantial portion of the value of its common stock portfolio to seek to generate current earnings from the option premium. The Fund evaluates returns on an after tax basis and seeks to minimize and defer federal income taxes incurred by shareholders in connection with their investment in the Fund.

 

Options Strategy

   Write Index Covered Calls

Equity Benchmark1

   S&P 500® Index

Morningstar Category

   Option Writing

Distribution Frequency

   Monthly
Common Stock Portfolio     

Positions Held

   162

% US / Non-US

   100.0/0.0

Average Market Cap

   $416.0 Billion
Call Options Written     

% of Stock Portfolio

   94%

Average Days to Expiration

   13 days

% Out of the Money

   0.4%

The following terms as used in the Fund snapshot:

Average Market Cap: An indicator of the size of the companies in which the Fund invests and is the sum of each security’s weight in the portfolio multiplied by its market cap. Market Cap is determined by multiplying the price of a share of a company’s common stock by the number of shares outstanding.

Call Option: For an index call option, the buyer has the right to receive from the seller (or writer) a cash payment at the option expiration date equal to any positive difference between the value of the index at contract expiration and the exercise price. The buyer of a call option makes a cash payment (premium) to the seller (writer) of the option upon entering into the option contract.

Covered Call Strategy: A strategy of owning a portfolio of common stocks and writing call options on all or a portion of such stocks to generate current earnings from option premium.

Out of the Money: For a call option on an index, the extent to which the exercise price of the option exceeds the current price of the index.

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

1 

S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index of large-cap stocks commonly used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices are a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”) and have been licensed for use. S&P® and S&P 500® are registered trademarks of S&P DJI; Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); S&P DJI, Dow Jones and their respective affiliates do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Fund, will not have any liability with respect thereto and do not have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite IndexSM measures the performance of a hypothetical buy-write strategy on the S&P 500® Index. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

The shares of the Fund often trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value. The discount or premium may vary over time and may be higher or lower than what is quoted in this report. For up-to-date premium/discount information, please refer to https://funds.eatonvance.com/closed-end-fund-prices.php.

 

3 

The Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s last regular distribution per share in the period (annualized) divided by the Fund’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Fund’s distributions may be comprised of amounts characterized for federal income tax purposes as qualified and non-qualified ordinary dividends, capital gains and nondividend distributions, also known as return of capital. As of 6/30/2020, distributions included estimates of return of capital. For additional information about nondividend distributions, please refer to Eaton Vance Closed-End Fund Distribution Notices (19a) posted on our website, eatonvance.com. The Fund will determine the federal income tax character of distributions paid to a shareholder after the end of the calendar year. This is reported on the IRS form 1099-DIV and provided to the shareholder shortly after each year-end. For information about the tax character of distributions made in prior calendar years, please refer to Performance-Tax Character of Distributions on the Fund’s webpage available at eatonvance.com. In recent years, a significant portion of the Fund’s distributions has been characterized as a return of capital. The Fund’s distributions are determined by the investment adviser based on its current assessment of the Fund’s long-term return potential. Fund distributions may be affected by numerous factors including changes in Fund performance, the cost of financing for leverage, portfolio holdings, realized and projected returns, and other factors. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of distributions paid by the Fund could change.

 

4 

Depictions do not reflect the Fund’s option positions. Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

    Fund

snapshot and profile subject to change due to active management.

Important Notice to Shareholders

On August 13, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Fund amended and restated the Fund’s By-Laws (the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”). The Amended and Restated By-Laws include provisions (the “Control Share Provisions”) pursuant to which, in summary, a shareholder who obtains beneficial ownership of Fund shares in a “Control Share Acquisition” may exercise voting rights with respect to such shares only to the extent the authorization of such voting rights is approved by other shareholders of the Fund. The Control Share Provisions are primarily intended to protect the interests of the Fund and its shareholders by limiting the risk that the Fund will become subject to undue influence by opportunistic hedge funds or other activist investors. The Control Share Provisions do not eliminate voting rights for shares acquired in Control Share Acquisitions, but rather, they entrust the Fund’s other “non-interested” shareholders with determining whether to approve the authorization of voting rights for such shares. Subject to various conditions and exceptions, the Amended and Restated By-Laws define a “Control Share Acquisition” to include an acquisition of Fund shares that, but for the Control Share Provisions, would give the beneficial owner, upon the acquisition of such shares, the ability to exercise voting power in the election of Fund Trustees in any of the following ranges: (i) one-tenth or more, but less than one-fifth of all voting power; (ii) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third of all voting power; (iii) one-third or more, but less than a majority of all voting power; or (iv) a majority or more of all voting power. Share acquisitions prior to August 13, 2020 are excluded from the definition of Control Share Acquisition. This discussion is only a high-level summary of certain aspects of the Control Share Provisions, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full Amended and Restated By-Laws. The Amended and Restated By-Laws were filed by the Fund on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available at sec.gov.

 

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stocks — 101.1%

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%  

Boeing Co. (The)(1)

    9,846     $ 1,804,772  

Northrop Grumman Corp.(1)

    9,477       2,913,609  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.(1)

    15,120       931,694  

Textron, Inc.

    11,648       383,336  
            $ 6,033,411  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    5,324     $ 420,915  
            $ 420,915  
Airlines — 0.4%  

Southwest Airlines Co.(1)

    36,616     $ 1,251,535  
            $ 1,251,535  
Auto Components — 0.2%  

Lear Corp.(1)

    7,250     $ 790,395  
            $ 790,395  
Banks — 3.9%  

Bank of America Corp.(1)

    96,896     $ 2,301,280  

Citigroup, Inc.(1)

    18,101       924,961  

Fifth Third Bancorp(1)

    57,446       1,107,559  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(1)

    66,267       6,233,074  

KeyCorp(1)

    85,122       1,036,786  

M&T Bank Corp.

    4,618       480,133  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)(1)

    13,046       1,372,570  

Truist Financial Corp.

    7,171       269,271  
            $ 13,725,634  
Beverages — 2.0%  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)(1)

    52,523     $ 2,346,728  

PepsiCo, Inc.(1)

    35,097       4,641,929  
            $ 6,988,657  
Biotechnology — 2.8%  

AbbVie, Inc.(1)

    19,355     $ 1,900,274  

Amgen, Inc.(1)

    15,371       3,625,404  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(1)

    27,095       2,084,689  

Incyte Corp.(1)(2)

    18,462       1,919,494  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    1,850       537,074  
            $ 10,066,935  
Security   Shares     Value  
Building Products — 0.1%  

A.O. Smith Corp.

    3,187     $ 150,171  

Carrier Global Corp.(2)

    1,693       37,619  
            $ 187,790  
Capital Markets — 1.8%  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    3,362     $ 313,607  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)(1)

    20,202       681,615  

S&P Global, Inc.(1)

    11,401       3,756,402  

State Street Corp.(1)

    27,413       1,742,096  
            $ 6,493,720  
Chemicals — 1.7%  

AdvanSix, Inc.(2)

    1,530     $ 17,962  

Corteva, Inc.(1)(2)

    26,850       719,311  

Dow, Inc.(1)(2)

    14,192       578,466  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    5,817       405,096  

Ingevity Corp.(2)

    2,787       146,513  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A(1)

    13,836       909,302  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)(1)

    5,643       3,260,808  
            $ 6,037,458  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%  

Waste Management, Inc.(1)

    4,649     $ 492,376  
            $ 492,376  
Communications Equipment — 1.3%  

Cisco Systems, Inc.(1)

    98,957     $ 4,615,354  
            $ 4,615,354  
Construction Materials — 0.2%  

Vulcan Materials Co.(1)

    5,482     $ 635,090  
            $ 635,090  
Consumer Finance — 1.2%  

American Express Co.(1)

    23,394     $ 2,227,109  

Discover Financial Services(1)

    36,966       1,851,627  
            $ 4,078,736  
Containers & Packaging — 0.5%              

Avery Dennison Corp.(1)

    15,307     $ 1,746,376  
            $ 1,746,376  
 

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

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Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Distributors — 0.5%  

Genuine Parts Co.(1)

    19,484     $ 1,694,329  
            $ 1,694,329  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)(2)

    22,765     $ 4,063,780  
            $ 4,063,780  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

AT&T, Inc.(1)

    58,052     $ 1,754,912  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    20,646       207,080  

Verizon Communications, Inc.(1)

    49,371       2,721,823  
            $ 4,683,815  
Electric Utilities — 1.1%  

Duke Energy Corp.(1)

    12,843     $ 1,026,027  

Edison International(1)

    20,090       1,091,088  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    12,076       393,195  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.(1)

    7,168       525,343  

Xcel Energy, Inc.(1)

    12,009       750,562  
            $ 3,786,215  
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%  

Emerson Electric Co.(1)

    29,903     $ 1,854,883  
            $ 1,854,883  
Entertainment — 2.4%              

Netflix, Inc.(1)(2)

    6,136     $ 2,792,125  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(1)(2)

    5,268       735,255  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(1)

    44,303       4,940,228  
            $ 8,467,608  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.6%  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(1)

    12,051     $ 453,600  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.(1)

    11,002       1,701,349  

Crown Castle International Corp.(1)

    6,124       1,024,851  

Equity Residential(1)

    14,774       869,007  

ProLogis, Inc.(1)

    22,296       2,080,886  

SBA Communications Corp.(1)

    5,141       1,531,607  

Simon Property Group, Inc.(1)

    17,320       1,184,341  

Ventas, Inc.

    6,472       237,005  
            $ 9,082,646  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.(1)

    2,122     $ 643,412  

Kroger Co. (The)

    18,607       629,847  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.(1)

    19,059       807,911  

Walmart, Inc.(1)

    6,362       762,040  
            $ 2,843,210  
Food Products — 1.5%  

General Mills, Inc.

    7,776     $ 479,390  

Kellogg Co.

    6,243       412,413  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    4,105       130,909  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A(1)

    46,954       2,400,758  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A(1)

    28,696       1,713,438  
            $ 5,136,908  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.4%  

Abbott Laboratories(1)

    53,804     $ 4,919,300  

Baxter International, Inc.(1)

    37,707       3,246,573  

Stryker Corp.(1)

    18,264       3,290,990  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    3,848       459,297  
            $ 11,916,160  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%  

Centene Corp.(1)(2)

    14,424     $ 916,645  

CVS Health Corp.(1)

    42,389       2,754,013  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(1)

    22,262       6,566,177  
            $ 10,236,835  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2)

    374     $ 393,583  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A(1)

    12,488       1,070,596  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

    2,064       169,681  

McDonald’s Corp.(1)

    22,743       4,195,401  

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.

    9,305       262,215  
            $ 6,091,476  
Household Durables — 0.5%  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    8,195     $ 288,054  

Lennar Corp., Class A(1)

    18,642       1,148,720  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    12,537       199,088  
            $ 1,635,862  
 

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

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Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Products — 1.9%  

Clorox Co. (The)(1)

    6,843     $ 1,501,149  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.(1)

    19,183       2,711,517  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)(1)

    21,151       2,529,025  
            $ 6,741,691  
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.0%  

3M Co.(1)

    21,663     $ 3,379,211  

Honeywell International, Inc.(1)

    26,091       3,772,498  
            $ 7,151,709  
Insurance — 2.9%  

Allstate Corp. (The)(1)

    30,550     $ 2,963,045  

Chubb, Ltd.

    2,741       347,065  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.(1)

    18,908       1,210,679  

Lincoln National Corp.(1)

    32,989       1,213,665  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.(1)

    31,349       3,365,942  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.(1)

    5,042       209,445  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    6,075       369,968  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    3,902       445,023  
            $ 10,124,832  
Interactive Media & Services — 6.2%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(1)(2)

    5,167     $ 7,327,064  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1)(2)

    4,944       6,988,888  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(1)(2)

    33,400       7,584,138  
            $ 21,900,090  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 5.0%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(1)(2)

    5,364     $ 14,798,310  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(1)(2)

    1,797       2,861,435  
            $ 17,659,745  
IT Services — 4.7%  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.(1)

    26,132     $ 3,504,040  

International Business Machines Corp.(1)

    8,058       973,165  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A(1)

    20,964       6,199,055  

VeriSign, Inc.(1)(2)

    14,092       2,914,648  

Visa, Inc., Class A(1)

    16,455       3,178,612  
            $ 16,769,520  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(1)

    13,077     $ 4,738,320  
            $ 4,738,320  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery — 0.7%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    2,706     $ 342,309  

Snap-on, Inc.(1)

    6,380       883,694  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.(1)

    8,690       1,211,212  
            $ 2,437,215  
Media — 1.4%  

Comcast Corp., Class A(1)

    130,051     $ 5,069,388  
            $ 5,069,388  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%  

Newmont Corp.(1)

    17,228     $ 1,063,657  
            $ 1,063,657  
Multi-Utilities — 2.1%  

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

    15,255     $ 284,811  

CMS Energy Corp.(1)

    48,482       2,832,318  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    1,997       162,117  

DTE Energy Co.(1)

    10,342       1,111,765  

NiSource, Inc.(1)

    49,999       1,136,977  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.(1)

    34,219       1,682,206  

Sempra Energy

    2,692       315,583  
            $ 7,525,777  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.1%  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.(1)

    36,474     $ 626,623  

Chevron Corp.(1)

    32,946       2,939,772  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.(1)

    55,053       2,302,316  

EOG Resources, Inc.(1)

    18,648       944,708  

Exxon Mobil Corp.(1)

    19,940       891,717  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.(1)

    31,956       1,194,515  

Phillips 66(1)

    24,334       1,749,615  

Valero Energy Corp.

    2,415       142,050  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    2,785       52,971  
            $ 10,844,287  
Personal Products — 0.2%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A(1)

    3,326     $ 627,550  
            $ 627,550  
Pharmaceuticals — 4.4%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(1)

    58,681     $ 3,450,442  

Johnson & Johnson(1)

    41,676       5,860,896  

Merck & Co., Inc.(1)

    52,721       4,076,915  

Pfizer, Inc.(1)

    65,917       2,155,486  
            $ 15,543,739  
 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services — 0.2%  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,193     $ 82,019  

Robert Half International, Inc.(1)

    13,943       736,608  
            $ 818,627  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(2)

    8,158     $ 368,905  
            $ 368,905  
Road & Rail — 1.5%  

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    3,521     $ 423,717  

Kansas City Southern(1)

    11,539       1,722,657  

Norfolk Southern Corp.(1)

    18,182       3,192,214  
            $ 5,338,588  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.3%  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(1)(2)

    44,441     $ 2,338,041  

Analog Devices, Inc.(1)

    16,160       1,981,862  

Applied Materials, Inc.(1)

    15,313       925,671  

Broadcom, Inc.(1)

    8,718       2,751,488  

Intel Corp.(1)

    31,164       1,864,542  

NVIDIA Corp.(1)

    15,718       5,971,425  

QUALCOMM, Inc.(1)

    10,487       956,519  

Teradyne, Inc.(1)

    22,591       1,909,166  
            $ 18,698,714  
Software — 8.9%  

Adobe, Inc.(1)(2)

    2,517     $ 1,095,675  

Microsoft Corp.(1)

    119,353       24,289,529  

Oracle Corp.(1)

    77,993       4,310,673  

salesforce.com, inc.(1)(2)

    9,162       1,716,318  
            $ 31,412,195  
Specialty Retail — 2.4%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    3,365     $ 479,344  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)(1)

    25,065       6,279,033  

Tiffany & Co.(1)

    14,641       1,785,324  
            $ 8,543,701  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.6%  

Apple, Inc.(1)

    64,403     $ 23,494,214  
            $ 23,494,214  
Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%  

NIKE, Inc., Class B(1)

    30,243     $ 2,965,326  
            $ 2,965,326  
Tobacco — 0.6%  

Philip Morris International, Inc.(1)

    30,612     $ 2,144,677  
            $ 2,144,677  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%  

Fastenal Co.(1)

    20,160     $ 863,654  
            $ 863,654  

Total Common Stocks — 101.1%
(identified cost $99,890,411)

          $ 357,904,230  

Total Written Call Options — (1.6)%
(premiums received $9,256,552)

          $ (5,689,825

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

          $ 1,676,083  

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 353,890,488  

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.

 

(1)

Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for written options.

 

(2)

Non-income producing security.

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Written Call Options — (1.6)%  
Exchange-Traded Options — (1.6)%  
Description         Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Value  
S&P 500 Index        91      $ 28,212,639      $ 3,100        7/1/20      $ (127,855
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,175        7/2/20        (22,725
S&P 500 Index        88        27,282,552        3,200        7/6/20        (28,600
S&P 500 Index        88        27,282,552        3,200        7/8/20        (54,560
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,100        7/10/20        (421,650
S&P 500 Index        91        28,212,639        2,975        7/13/20        (1,292,200
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,125        7/15/20        (386,100
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,150        7/17/20        (322,650
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,100        7/20/20        (599,400
S&P 500 Index        90        27,902,610        3,100        7/22/20        (629,100
S&P 500 Index        91        28,212,639        3,075        7/24/20        (810,355
S&P 500 Index          91        28,212,639        3,050        7/27/20        (994,630

Total

                                           $ (5,689,825

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    June 30, 2020  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $99,890,411)

   $ 357,904,230  

Cash

     1,725,145  

Dividends receivable

     335,203  

Receivable from the transfer agent

     55,980  

Total assets

   $ 360,020,558  
Liabilities         

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums received, $9,256,552)

   $ 5,689,825  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

     288,228  

Trustees’ fees

     5,093  

Accrued expenses

     146,924  

Total liabilities

   $ 6,130,070  

Net Assets

   $ 353,890,488  
Sources of Net Assets         

Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized, 26,598,334 shares issued and outstanding

   $ 265,983  

Additional paid-in capital

     110,355,112  

Distributable earnings

     243,269,393  

Net Assets

   $ 353,890,488  
Net Asset Value         

($353,890,488 ÷ 26,598,334 common shares issued and outstanding)

   $ 13.30  

 

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Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
 

Dividends

   $ 3,749,033  

Total investment income

   $ 3,749,033  
Expenses         

Investment adviser fee

   $ 1,800,345  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     10,307  

Custodian fee

     82,571  

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

     9,053  

Legal and accounting services

     34,063  

Printing and postage

     72,691  

Miscellaneous

     15,317  

Total expenses

   $ 2,024,347  

Net investment income

   $ 1,724,686  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         

Net realized gain (loss) —

  

Investment transactions

   $ 23,002,963  

Written options

     (22,417,341

Net realized gain

   $ 585,622  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

  

Investments

   $ (42,535,924

Written options

     5,519,227  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (37,016,697

Net realized and unrealized loss

   $ (36,431,075

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (34,706,389

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 1,724,686      $ 3,884,591  

Net realized gain

     585,622        8,381,258  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (37,016,697      54,565,665  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (34,706,389    $ 66,831,514  

Distributions to shareholders

   $ (17,226,335 )*     $ (14,995,584

Tax return of capital to shareholders

   $      $ (19,417,933

Capital share transactions —

     

Reinvestment of distributions

   $ 320,634      $ 575,254  

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

   $ 320,634      $ 575,254  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   $ (51,612,090    $ 32,993,251  
Net Assets                  

At beginning of period

   $ 405,502,578      $ 372,509,327  

At end of period

   $ 353,890,488      $ 405,502,578  

 

*

A portion of the distributions may be deemed a tax return of capital at year-end. See Note 2.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 15.260     $ 14.040     $ 16.350     $ 15.500     $ 15.520     $ 16.310  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.065     $ 0.146     $ 0.148     $ 0.156     $ 0.189     $ 0.198  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.377     2.370       (1.172     1.980       1.087       0.308  

Total income (loss) from operations

  $ (1.312   $ 2.516     $ (1.024   $ 2.136     $ 1.276     $ 0.506  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $ (0.648 )*    $ (0.143   $ (0.144   $ (0.150   $ (0.177   $ (0.189

From net realized gain

          (0.422     (0.108           (0.482     (0.368

Tax return of capital

          (0.731     (1.044     (1.146     (0.637     (0.739

Total distributions

  $ (0.648   $ (1.296   $ (1.296   $ (1.296   $ (1.296   $ (1.296

Premium from common shares sold through shelf offering (see Note 5)(1)

  $     $     $ 0.010     $ 0.010     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 13.300     $ 15.260     $ 14.040     $ 16.350     $ 15.500     $ 15.520  

Market value — End of period

  $ 13.940     $ 16.400     $ 13.450     $ 16.730     $ 16.520     $ 16.690  

Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)

    (8.54 )%(3)       18.50     (6.69 )%      14.30     8.68     3.21

Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)

    (10.81 )%(3)       32.93     (12.65 )%      9.73     7.63     13.92
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 353,890     $ 405,503     $ 372,509     $ 417,859     $ 382,921     $ 382,897  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):

           

Expenses(5)

    1.13 %(4)      1.11     1.11     1.11     1.12     1.11

Net investment income

    0.96 %(4)      0.99     0.94     0.97     1.25     1.23

Portfolio Turnover

    6 %(3)      2     4     1     6     7

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market value with all distributions reinvested. Distributions are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(3) 

Not annualized.

 

(4) 

Annualized.

 

(5) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%. Effective September 1, 2015, custody fee credits, which were earned on cash deposit balances, were discontinued by the custodian.

 

*

A portion of the distributions may be deemed from net realized gain or a tax return of capital at year-end. See Note 2.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (the Fund) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

A  Investment Valuation — The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.

Equity Securities. Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and ask prices.

Derivatives. U.S. exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices at valuation time as reported by the Options Price Reporting Authority. Non U.S. exchange-traded options and over-the-counter options are valued by a third party pricing service using techniques that consider factors including the value of the underlying instrument, the volatility of the underlying instrument and the period of time until option expiration.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in a manner that most fairly reflects the security’s “fair value”, which is the amount that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies or entities, quotations or relevant information obtained from broker/dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or entity’s financial statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

B  Investment Transactions — Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

C  Income — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2020, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.

E  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

F  Indemnifications — Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Fund) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Fund. However, the Fund’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Fund shall assume, upon request by the shareholder, the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

G  Written Options — Upon the writing of a call or a put option, the premium received by the Fund is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written, in accordance with the Fund’s policies on investment valuations discussed above. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or are closed are added to or offset against the proceeds or amount paid on the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. When an index option is exercised, the Fund is required to deliver an amount of cash determined by the excess of the exercise price of the option over the value of the index (in the case of a put) or the excess of the value of the index over the exercise price of the option (in the case of a call) at contract termination. If a put option on a security is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

The Fund, as a writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities or other assets may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the securities or other assets underlying the written option. The Fund may also bear the risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.

H  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2020 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

Subject to its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions from its cash available for distribution, which consists of the Fund’s dividends and interest income after payment of Fund expenses, net option premiums and net realized and unrealized gains on stock investments. The Fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income. Distributions in any year may include a substantial return of capital component. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the amount of distributions estimated to be a tax return of capital was approximately $15,540,000. The final determination of tax characteristics of the Fund’s distributions will occur at the end of the year, at which time it will be reported to the shareholders.

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had a net capital loss of $5,492,973 attributable to security transactions incurred after October 31, 2019 that it has elected to defer. This net capital loss is treated as arising on the first day of the Fund’s taxable year ending December 31, 2020.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, including open derivative contracts, of the Fund at June 30, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 90,488,504  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 262,059,407  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (333,506

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 261,725,901  

3  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Eaton Vance Management (EVM) as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Fund. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily gross assets and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment leverage, if any. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund’s investment adviser fee amounted to $1,800,345. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement, EVM has delegated a portion of the investment management to Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. EVM pays Parametric a portion of its investment adviser fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Fund. EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation.

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Fund who are not affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of EVM.

4  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $20,397,843 and $53,160,610, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2020.

5  Common Shares of Beneficial Interest and Shelf Offering

Common shares issued by the Fund pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019 were 23,950 and 38,493, respectively.

 

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In August 2012, the Board of Trustees initially approved a share repurchase program for the Fund. Pursuant to the reauthorization of the share repurchase program by the Board of Trustees in March 2019, the Fund is authorized to repurchase up to 10% of its common shares outstanding as of the last day of the prior calendar year at market prices when shares are trading at a discount to net asset value. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Fund to purchase a specific amount of shares. There were no repurchases of common shares by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019.

Pursuant to a registration statement filed with and declared effective on April 5, 2017 by the SEC, the Fund is authorized to issue up to an additional 2,965,949 common shares through an equity shelf offering program (the “shelf offering”). Under the shelf offering, the Fund, subject to market conditions, may raise additional capital from time to time and in varying amounts and offering methods at a net price at or above the Fund’s net asset value per common share. During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no common shares sold by the Fund pursuant to its shelf offering.

6  Financial Instruments

The Fund may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include written options and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Fund has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at June 30, 2020 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At June 30, 2020, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund writes index call options above the current value of the index to generate premium income. In writing index call options, the Fund in effect, sells potential appreciation in the value of the applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received. The Fund retains the risk of loss, minus the premium received, should the value of the underlying index decline.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk at June 30, 2020 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
Derivative    Asset Derivative      Liability Derivative(1)  

Written options

   $         —      $ (5,689,825

 

(1) 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Written options outstanding, at value.

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was as follows:

 

Derivative    Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
(1)
   Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in  Income
(2)
 

Written options

   $(22,417,341)    $ 5,519,227  

 

(1)  

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) — Written options.

 

(2) 

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) — Written options.

The average number of written options contracts outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2020, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was 1,131 contracts.

7  Fair Value Measurements

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

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In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At June 30, 2020, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

   $ 357,904,230    $         —      $         —      $ 357,904,230  

Total Investments

   $ 357,904,230      $      $      $ 357,904,230  

Liability Description

                                   

Written Call Options

   $ (5,689,825    $      $      $ (5,689,825

Total

   $ (5,689,825    $      $      $ (5,689,825

 

*

The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

8  Risks and Uncertainties

Pandemic Risk

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in China in December 2019 has spread rapidly internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries and individual companies and can affect the market in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The near-term impact of this coronavirus has resulted in substantial market volatility, which may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investments.

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

 

The Fund held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 16, 2020. The following action was taken by the shareholders:

Proposal 1:  The election of Mark R. Fetting, Valerie A. Mosley, Helen Frame Peters and Marcus L. Smith as Class III Trustees of the Fund for a three-year term expiring in 2023.

 

     Number of Shares  
Nominee for Trustee    For      Withheld  

Mark R. Fetting

     22,396,396        332,991  

Valerie A. Mosley

     22,413,774        315,613  

Helen Frame Peters

     22,393,438        335,949  

Marcus L. Smith

     22,374,758        354,629  

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 

 

Overview of the Contract Review Process

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that the investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year-to-year only if its continuation is approved on an annual basis by a vote of the fund’s board of trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“independent trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.

At a meeting held on April 22, 2020 (the “April 2020 Meeting”), the Boards of Trustees/Directors comprised of the same individuals (collectively, the “Board”) that oversees a majority of the registered investment companies advised by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research (the “Eaton Vance Funds”), including a majority of the independent trustees (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to approve the continuation of existing investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements1 for each of the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. The Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee exclusively comprised of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of formal meetings held between February and April 2020. Members of the Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, to the extent such information was relevant to the Contract Review Committee’s annual evaluation of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

In connection with its evaluation of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, the Board considered various information relating to the Eaton Vance Funds. This included information applicable to all or groups of Eaton Vance Funds, which is referenced immediately below, and information applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report (additional fund-specific information is referenced below under “Results of the Contract Review Process”). (For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, references to “each fund” in this section may include information that was considered at the portfolio-level.)

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

   

A report from an independent data provider comparing advisory and other fees paid by each fund to such fees paid by comparable funds, as identified by the independent data provider (“comparable funds”);

 

   

A report from an independent data provider comparing each fund’s total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds;

 

   

A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods;

 

   

In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board;

 

   

Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund(s), if any;

 

   

Profitability analyses with respect to the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the funds;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

   

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, as well as each of the funds’ investment strategies and policies;

 

   

The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

   

Information about the policies and practices of each fund’s adviser and sub-adviser (in the context of a sub-adviser, only those with trading responsibilities) with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

   

Information about the allocation of brokerage transactions and the benefits, if any, received by the adviser and sub-adviser (in the context of a sub-adviser, only those with trading responsibilities) to each fund as a result of brokerage allocation, including, as applicable, information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and policies with respect to “soft dollars”;

 

   

Data relating to the portfolio turnover rate of each fund;

Information about each Adviser and Sub-adviser

 

   

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund;

 

   

Information regarding the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable;

 

   

The Code of Ethics of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes;

 

 

1 

Not all Eaton Vance Funds have entered into a sub-advisory agreement with a sub-adviser. Accordingly, references to “sub-adviser” or “sub-advisory agreement” in this “Overview” section may not be applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report.

 

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Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

   

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance;

 

   

Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any;

 

   

A description of Eaton Vance Management’s and Boston Management and Research’s oversight of sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

Other Relevant Information

 

   

Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;

 

   

Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by the adviser and/or administrator to each of the funds;

 

   

For an Eaton Vance Fund structured as an exchange-listed closed-end fund, information concerning the benefits of the closed-end fund structure, as well as, where relevant, the closed-end fund’s market prices, trading volume data, distribution rates and other relevant matters; and

 

   

The terms of each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement.

During the various meetings of the Board and its committees throughout the twelve months ended April 2020, the Trustees received information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the advisers and sub-advisers of the funds regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the funds’ investment objectives. The Trustees also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by Eaton Vance Management, Boston Management and Research and fund sub-advisers, with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its committees, the Independent Trustees held regular teleconferences to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement, including the fee structures and other terms contained in such agreements, the members of the Contract Review Committee were also informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion with the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds.

In voting its approval of the continuation of existing investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements at the April 2020 Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020, which provided temporary relief from the in-person voting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results of the Contract Review Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement between Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (the “Fund”) and Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”) and the sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (the “Sub-adviser”), an affiliate of the Adviser, with respect to the Fund, including their respective fee structures, are in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, recommended to the Board approval of each agreement. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement for the Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement for the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s and the Sub-adviser’s management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by the Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund. Regarding the Adviser, the Board considered the Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to oversight of the Sub-adviser and coordinating its activities in implementing the Fund’s investment strategies. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing factors such as tax efficiency and special considerations relevant to investing in stocks and

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

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selling call options on one or more U.S. indices, including the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”). The Board considered that the Adviser has devoted extensive resources to in-house equity research and also draws upon independent research available from third-party sources. With respect to the Sub-adviser, the Board considered the experience of the Sub-adviser’s investment professionals in deploying quantitative-based investment strategies. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Eaton Vance Funds, including the Fund, by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Fund, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Fund. The Board considered the deep experience of the Adviser and its affiliates with managing and operating funds organized as exchange-listed closed-end funds, such as the Fund. In this regard, the Board considered, among other things, the Adviser’s and its affiliates’ experience monitoring and assessing trading price discounts and premiums and adhering to the requirements of securities exchanges.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered other administrative services provided or overseen by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines.

After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and a customized peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board’s review included comparative performance data with respect to the Fund for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2019. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was consistent with the median performance of the Fund’s peer group and lower than the median performance of the Fund’s custom peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than its secondary benchmark index and lower than its primary and blended benchmark indexes for the three-year period. The Board noted that the underperformance of the Fund relative to its custom peer group was attributable to its mandate to sell call options on a greater percentage of its assets than certain of the Funds in the custom peer group. The Board also noted that the three-year period was marked by low equity market volatility and strong performance of the Index, an environment in which the Fund’s strategy would be expected to underperform on a relative basis.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the one-year period ended September 30, 2019, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on the Fund’s total expense ratio relative to comparable funds.

After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.

Profitability and “Fall-Out” Benefits

The Board considered the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, are deemed not to be excessive.

The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, in connection with their respective relationships with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser or the Sub-adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients.

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Adviser. The Board also considered the fact that the Fund is not continuously offered in the same manner as an open-end fund and that, notwithstanding that the Fund is authorized to issue additional common shares through a shelf offering, the Fund’s assets are not expected to increase materially in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Board did not find that the implementation of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule is warranted at this time.

 

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Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers

 

Edward J. Perkin

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

Trustees

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Mark R. Fetting

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

Helen Frame Peters

Keith Quinton

Marcus L. Smith

Susan J. Sutherland

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each entity listed below has adopted a privacy policy and procedures (“Privacy Program”) Eaton Vance believes is reasonably designed to protect your personal information and to govern when and with whom Eaton Vance may share your personal information.

 

 

At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements.

 

 

On an ongoing basis, in the normal course of servicing your account, Eaton Vance may share your information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various services for Eaton Vance and/or your account. These third parties include transfer agents, custodians, broker/dealers and our professional advisers, including auditors, accountants, and legal counsel. Eaton Vance may additionally share your personal information with our affiliates.

 

 

We believe our Privacy Program is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to that information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of protecting your personal information applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Limited, Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This Privacy Notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about our Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, please call 1-800-262-1122.

Delivery of Shareholder Documents.  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”), the closed-end funds transfer agent, or your financial intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct AST, or your financial intermediary, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact AST or your financial intermediary. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by AST or your financial intermediary.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the SEC. Certain information filed on Form N-PORT may be viewed on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Proxy Voting.  From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Share Repurchase Program.  The Fund’s Board of Trustees has approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Fund to repurchase up to 10% of its common shares outstanding as of the last day of the prior calendar year in open-market transactions at a discount to net asset value. The repurchase program does not obligate the Fund to purchase a specific amount of shares. The Fund’s repurchase activity, including the number of shares purchased, average price and average discount to net asset value, is disclosed in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Additional Notice to Shareholders.  If applicable, a Fund may also redeem or purchase its outstanding preferred shares in order to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, borrowing or rating agency requirements or for other purposes as it deems appropriate or necessary.

Closed-End Fund Information.  Eaton Vance closed-end funds make fund performance data and certain information about portfolio characteristics available on the Eaton Vance website shortly after the end of each month. Other information about the funds is available on the website. The funds’ net asset value per share is readily accessible on the Eaton Vance website. Portfolio holdings for the most recent month-end are also posted to the website approximately 30 days following the end of the month. This information is available at www.eatonvance.com on the fund information pages under “Individual Investors — Closed-End Funds”.

 

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Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Investment Sub-Adviser

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800

Seattle, WA 98104

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Transfer Agent

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

Fund Offices

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 


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Item 2. Code of Ethics

Not required in this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not required in this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Not required in this filing.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not required in this filing.


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Item 6. Schedule of Investments

Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not required in this filing.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not required in this filing.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

No such purchases this period.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No material changes.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

No activity to report for the registrant’s most recent fiscal year end.

Item 13. Exhibits

 

(a)(1)

   Registrant’s Code of Ethics – Not applicable (please see Item 2).

(a)(2)(i)

   Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.

(a)(2)(ii)

   President’s Section 302 certification.

(b)

   Combined Section 906 certification.

(c)

   Registrant’s notices to shareholders pursuant to Registrant’s exemptive order granting an exemption from Section  19(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule 19b-1 thereunder regarding distributions paid pursuant to the Registrant’s Managed Distribution Plan.

 


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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

  Edward J. Perkin
  President

Date: August 24, 2020

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   August 24, 2020
By:  

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

  Edward J. Perkin
  President
Date:   August 24, 2020

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

FORM N-CSR

Exhibit 13(a)(2)(i)

CERTIFICATION

I, James F. Kirchner, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 24, 2020      

/s/ James F. Kirchner

      James F. Kirchner
      Treasurer


Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

FORM N-CSR

Exhibit 13(a)(2)(ii)

CERTIFICATION

I, Edward J. Perkin, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 24, 2020      

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

      Edward J. Perkin
      President

 

Form N-CSR Item 13(b) Exhibit

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned hereby certify in their capacity as Treasurer and President, respectively, of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (the “Fund”), that:

 

(a)

The Semiannual Report of the Fund on Form N-CSR for the period ended June 30, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

(b)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Fund for such period.

A signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to the Fund and will be retained by the Fund and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Date: August 24, 2020

/s/ James F. Kirchner

James F. Kirchner
Treasurer
Date: August 24, 2020

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

Edward J. Perkin
President

Form N-CSR Item 13(c) Exhibit

 

LOGO

Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in January 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the January distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: January 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s January distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0106        9.8   $ 0.0106        9.8

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0974        90.2   $ 0.0974        90.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.1080        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on December 31, 20191

     7.22

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of December 31, 20192

     8.49

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through December 31, 20193

     18.50

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of December 31, 20194

     8.49

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on December 31, 2019.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of December 31, 2019.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to December 31, 2019 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to December 31, 2019 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of December 31, 2019.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

January 31, 2020


LOGO

Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in February 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the February distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: February 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s February distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0103        9.5   $ 0.0210        9.7

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0977        90.5   $ 0.1950        90.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.2160        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on January 31, 20201

     7.55

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of January 31, 20202

     8.61

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through January 31, 20203

     -0.63

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of January 31, 20204

     0.72

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on January 31, 2020.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of January 31, 2020.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to January 31, 2020 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to January 31, 2020 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of January 31, 2020.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

February 28, 2020


LOGO

Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in March 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the March distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: March 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s March distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0113        10.5   $ 0.0321        9.9

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0538        49.8   $ 0.0538        16.6

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0429        39.7   $ 0.2381        73.5

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.3240        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on February 29, 20201

     4.81

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of February 29, 20202

     9.42

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through February 29, 20203

     -8.50

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of February 29, 20204

     1.57

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on February 29, 2020.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of February 29, 2020.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to February 29, 2020 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to February 29, 2020 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of February 29, 2020.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

March 31, 2020


LOGO

Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in April 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the April distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: April 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s April distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0111        10.3   $ 0.0433        10.0

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0484        11.2

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0969        89.7   $ 0.3403        78.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.4320        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on March 31, 20201

     2.42

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of March 31, 20202

     10.76

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through March 31, 20203

     -19.22

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of March 31, 20204

     2.69

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on March 31, 2020.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of March 31, 2020.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to March 31, 2020 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to March 31, 2020 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of March 31, 2020.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

April 30, 2020


LOGO

Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in May 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the May distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: May 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s May distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0106        9.8   $ 0.0541        10.0

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0974        90.2   $ 0.4859        90.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.5400        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on April 30, 20201

     3.86

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of April 30, 20202

     10.02

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through April 30, 20203

     -12.45

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of April 30, 20204

     3.34

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on April 30, 2020.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of April 30, 2020.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to April 30, 2020 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to April 30, 2020 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of April 30, 2020.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

May 29, 2020


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Dear Eaton Vance Fund Shareholder:

This notice provides shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (NYSE: ETB) with important information concerning the distribution declared in June 2020. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund’s managed distribution plan (Plan). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the June distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund’s distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes and the distribution may later be determined to be from other sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Distribution Period: June 2020

Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.1080

The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund’s June distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

Source

   Current
Distribution
     % of Current
Distribution
    Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
     % of the
Cumulative
Distributions
for the Fiscal
Year-to-Date1
 

Net Investment Income

   $ 0.0095        8.8   $ 0.0636        9.8

Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains

   $ 0.0000        0.0   $ 0.0000        0.0

Return of Capital or Other Capital Source(s)

   $ 0.0985        91.2   $ 0.5844        90.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total per common share

   $ 0.1080        100.0   $ 0.6480        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1 

The Fund’s fiscal year is January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Plan. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income.’ The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.


Set forth in the table below is information relating to the Fund’s performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain periods.

 

Average annual total return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on May 31, 20201

     4.10

Annualized current distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of May 31, 20202

     9.83

Cumulative total return at NAV for the fiscal year through May 31, 20203

     -10.03

Cumulative fiscal year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of May 31, 20204

     4.09

 

1 

Average annual total return at NAV represents the change in NAV of the Fund, with all distributions reinvested, for the 5-year period ended on May 31, 2020.

2 

The annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of May 31, 2020.

3 

Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to May 31, 2020 including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.

4 

Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to May 31, 2020 measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of May 31, 2020.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact your investment advisor or an Eaton Vance Investor Services associate at 1-866-328-6681. Our associates are available to assist you Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time.

 

NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2020 calendar year.

NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

June 30, 2020